Sugar bowl



Jan. 15, 1929.

A. M. PASNIK SUGAR BOWL Filed June 16, 1926 Patentedv Jan. 15, 1929.

ALEXANDER M. PAsNIx, or nonwicn, coNNEc'rIcUT.

SUGAR. Bowl..

Application filed `Tune 16, 1926. Serial No. 116,253.

`The vinvention relates to table articles such as sugar bowls, and has for its object to provide al dispensing receptacle of. advantageous nature adapted to be adjusted either for continuous discharge or for charge dispensing, andwhereby also the .rate of discharge can be regulated.

The vessel has a container chamber and a small charge chamber communicating by a throat, with connected valves on an operating4 rod, and a screw adjustment the setting of which determines whether the upper valve will close the throat or leave it open when lthe lower valve is unseated from the outlet of the charge chamber. With the former condition only the contents of the charge chamber are delivered at each depression of the operating part, while in the latter condition material will pass from the large' chamber to the open outlet by Way of the charge chamber as lone' as the part is held depressed. The adjusment enables the degree of opening ofr the outlet for continuous discharge to be varied, for- :slower or more rapid flow, the extent of opening that will be produced increasing as the setting of the adjustment approaches the charge dispensing condition.

In the accompanying drawings forming part hereof:

Fig. 1 is a vertical sectional view with part in elevation of a sugar bowlembodying the invention, showing the outlet closed and the upper valve above the throat, the parts being adjusted for the dispensing of single charges;

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the movable part depressed as far as it will go, unseating the lower valve and causing the upper valve to close the throat; and.

Fig. 3 is a similar view showing an adjustment for continuous discharge, full lines showing the normal position, and dottedy lines showing the movable part. as if depressed.

The bowl 2 is 'supported by a foot 3 and pedestal 4. The bowl encloses the main chamber or container 5, having a circular" opening 6 in its bottom, with the bottom sloping from all sides to the opening. A shell 7 fixed inside the hollow pedestal forms a small charge chamber 8, having a curved bottom containing an outlet openin 9.

gJlhe top of the bowl 2 has a wide mouthed rim 10, with a spider fixed therein supportlng a central spring barrel 11, which is open lat the top and has an abutment 12 at the bottom. A centrallyv apertured cover 13 lts within the rim 1() and about the spring' barrel 11. y 7 v A rod 14 stands vertically in the bowl, and has a valve member 15 formed on its lower end, which is adaptedtoseat upwardly against the edge of the outlet-9, to closc the same. An upper valve member in the form of a cylindrical enlargement 16 is formed on the stem at such distance above the lower valve that, when the lower' valve is closed against the outlet, the upper valve is raised above the opening 6, leaving this throat between the two chambers open.

The upper end of the rod 14 is screwthreaded for a considerable portion of its length, marked 17, and an operating button 18 is provided with a fairly long screwthreaded socket 19 which receives the screwthreaded portion lof the stem. This screw is designed to permit the button to be Ascrewed up or down on the rod within a range of adjustment which will'be apparent from a comparison of Figs. 1 and 3.

The button 18 has a shoulder 2O Vwhich is opposed to cooperating stop means on the bowl afforded by the upper end 21 of the spring barrel. This stop limits the extent to which the button ma bev depressed.

A spring 22, prefera. ly attached to the button 18 and bearing against the bottom 12 of the .sp1-ing,y barrel, constantly urges the rod, button and valves upward, normally holding the lower `valve against the outlet.

The relations, including the spacing between the two valves and the range of adjustment, are such that, with the adjustment 'lll shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the upper valve will be moveddown to or into the throat 6, closing the communication between the chambers, when the button is pushed down as far as it will go, moving the lower valve awa from' the outlet. Consequently, in this con ition, onl the contents ofthe charge chamber 8 will another charge it is necessary to let the movablepart rise, so as to close the outlet and open the throat, in order that the charge chamber .may be refilled from the main chamber,'before again pushing down on the button.l On the other hand, if the button is ,screwed down on the stem, as shown ,in

be delivered, and to obtain Fig. 3, the depression resulting when the button is pushed down to the stop will not be sufficient to cause the upper valve 1G to close the throa-t 6, this valve being still above the throat, asshown in dotted lines. Therefore, not only the contents of the charge chamber will be delivered past the unseated lower valve 15, Ibut the granular material will continue to pass from the main chamber dition of Figs. 1 and 2 is reached, Within which vrange greater degrees of opening of the outlet valve for more rapid continuous discharge can be obtained. While the preferredform of the invention has been described lin detail, it will be understood that there may bev numerous changes in the speciflc construction and arrangement- Without departing from essen-v tials. l do not limit myselfI to the precise form and arrangement of the adjustment.

What I claim as new is:

A dispensing table article comprising a container chamber, a charge chamber' beneath 'the container chamber, there being a throat at the bottom of the container chamber opening into the charge chamber, and the charge chamber having a bottom outlet a part having a lower valve normally seated upward against'said outlet and an upper valve normally occupying a position above said throat, a spring pressing said part upward, a stop distinct from said throat or limiting the depression oi' said part,and a means ot screw adjustment between said part and stop, the range of adjustment of said means being such tha-tthe depression produced when the partis pushed down to the limit of said stop can be so regulated that either the upper valve fails to close the throat with the. 'lower valve unseated, resulting in continuous discharge, or the upper valve closes the throat when the lower valve is unseated, in which event a charge only is dispensed.v

ALEXANDER M. PASIK. 

